"Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women's realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand."--Amina Wadud, author of Inside The Gender Jihad

"Tackles the contours and intimacies of a much practiced but seldom spoken about quasi-marriage that leaves women without legal support. A much-needed text on an extremely sensitive topic. Majeed excavates this terrain with finesse and a deft scholarly hand."--Aminah Beverly McCloud, coeditor of An Introduction to Islam in the 21st...

Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women s realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand. Amina Wadud, author of Inside The Gender Jihad
Tackles the contours and intimacies of a much practiced but seldom spoken about quasi-marriage that leaves women without legal support. A much-needed text on an extremely sensitive topic. Majeed excavates this terrain with finesse and a deft scholarly hand. Aminah Beverly McCloud, coeditor of An Introduction to Islam in the 21st...